Many in Argentina are demanding justice for Diego Maradona, who died on November 25, 2020 in a private residence where he was convalescing, surrounded by several health professionals. Currently, the trial of seven of them is being held, all suspected of negligence fatal to the football icon, then aged 60.
The hearing these days of the forensic doctor who examined the body of the star at the very scene of his death, before taking part in the autopsy, is overwhelming for the defendants. Carlos Casinelli indeed depicts “ signs of prolonged, not sudden, agony “. In this case “ cerebral edema, clots in the heart, pleural effusion, generalized diffuse edema and signs of hypoxia “.
12 hours of potential agony
“ How long did the agony last? I can’t tell you exactly. At the time we estimated about 12 hours of agony », Adds the doctor aroused. Earlier during the hearings, one of his colleagues, Federico Corasaniti, had mentioned “ prolonged agony » in view of the damage observed in the heart of the 1986 world champion.
Officially carried away by a cardiorespiratory crisis aggravated by pulmonary edema, Diego Maradona was supposed to recover in a few days from simple neurosurgery for a cranial hematoma. Doctors, nurses, psychiatrists and psychologists, there are seven of them who will have to answer for their actions these days before the San Isidro court, not far from Buenos Aires. Prosecuted for “
homicide with possible fraud “, they face up to 25 years in prison.
